Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile.
"We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo.
This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Bono on welcoming Daw Suu to Ireland -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m4raJW3XBY
"these military juntas,you'd think they don't check their email - but these boos and hisses do matter to them. . . . She was acutely aware that Amnesty International was keeping her alive."
